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The rapidly growing biofuel sector in Africa has, in recent years, been received with divided interest. As part of a contemporary wave of agricultural modernization efforts, it could make invaluable contributions to rural poverty. Conversely, it could also engender socioeconomically and environme...


Schoneveld, G.C.German, L.Nutakor, E.[Land-based Investments for rural development?: A grounded analysis of the local Impacts of biofuel feedstock plantations in Ghana]Land-based Investments for rural development?: A grounded analysis of the local Impacts of biofuel feedstock plantations in Ghana

High oil prices, recent commitments by industrialized countries to enhance the use of renewable energy, and efforts by developing countries to stimulate foreign investment as a pathway to development have fueled high levels of interest in the biofuel sector throughout much of sub-Saharan Africa. ...


German, L.Schoneveld, G.C.Gumbo, D.J.[The local social and environmental impacts of smallholder-based biofuel investments in Zambia]The local social and environmental impacts of smallholder-based biofuel investments in Zambia

The 2000s witnessed the rapid expansion of biofuel plantations in the global South in the context of a growing trend of crop plantation expansion. This trend has been spurred by policies in the European Union, United States, Brazil, and other countries favoring the use of biofuels in the transpor...


German, L.Schoneveld, G.C.Pacheco, P.[Local social and environmental impacts of biofuels: Global comparative assessment and implications for governance]Local social and environmental impacts of biofuels: Global comparative assessment and implications for governance

Preoccupation with global energy supplies and climate change in the global North, and a desire to improve the balance of trade and capture value in the emerging carbon market by developing countries, together place biofuels firmly on the map of global land use change. Much of this recent land use...


German, L.Schoneveld, G.C.Pacheco, P.[The social and environmental impacts of biofuel feedstock cultivation: Evidence from multi-site research in the forest frontier]The social and environmental impacts of biofuel feedstock cultivation: Evidence from multi-site research in the forest frontier
Jelsma, I.Schoneveld, G.C.Zoomers, A.Westen, A.C.M. van[Unpacking Indonesia's independent oil palm smallholders: An actor-disaggregated approach to identifying environmental and social performance challenges]Unpacking Indonesia's independent oil palm smallholders: An actor-disaggregated approach to identifying environmental and social performance challenges
Schoneveld, G.C.[The Challenge of Governing Africa's New Agricultural Investment Landscapes: An Analysis of Policy Arrangements and Sustainability Outcomes in Ethiopia and Nigeria]The Challenge of Governing Africa's New Agricultural Investment Landscapes: An Analysis of Policy Arrangements and Sustainability Outcomes in Ethiopia and Nigeria
Schoneveld, G.C.German, L.[Translating legal rights into tenure security: lessons from the new commercial pressures on land in Ghana]Translating legal rights into tenure security: lessons from the new commercial pressures on land in Ghana
Schoneveld, G.C.[The geographic and sectoral patterns of large-scale farmland investments in sub-Saharan Africa]The geographic and sectoral patterns of large-scale farmland investments in sub-Saharan Africa
Schoneveld, G.C.Zoomers, A.[Natural resource privatisation in Sub-Saharan Africa and the challenges for inclusive green growth]Natural resource privatisation in Sub-Saharan Africa and the challenges for inclusive green growth
German, L.Gumbo, D.J.Schoneveld, G.C.[Large-scale land acquisitions: exploring the marginal lands narrative in the Chitemene System of Zambia]Large-scale land acquisitions: exploring the marginal lands narrative in the Chitemene System of Zambia

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